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* TerrifyingPetStoreRat: When Herc squares off against the bull, there's a close-up to show how enraged it looks... which it doesn't, instead seeming very placid and sweet.
-->'''Crow:''' Oh, yeah, [he's] got murder in his big, dewy eyes.
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* [[invoked]]CelebrityResemblance: Several for Mickey Hargitay's decent resemblance to [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]].
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** Later, Jonah is eating a box of Grown Man Bowl Cuts cereal, from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E02CryWilderness Cry Wilderness]]''.
* CousinOliver / TheScrappy: In-universe, "M. Waverly", a new robot that interrupts a host segment to crack stale jokes. Crow and Tom Servo take an immediate dislike to him, and smash him to pieces just off-camera.

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** Later, Jonah is eating a box of Grown Man Bowl Cuts cereal, from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E02CryWilderness Cry Wilderness]]''.
Wilderness]].''
* CousinOliver / TheScrappy: In-universe, "M. Waverly", Waverly," a new robot that interrupts a host segment to crack stale jokes. Crow and Tom Servo take an immediate dislike to him, and smash him to pieces just off-camera.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Kinga reveals that Max's germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Kinga reveals that Max's germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in & cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Max reveals that his germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Max Kinga reveals that his Max's germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.
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In the "What Have I Done" trope, Max disinfected the beanbag chair.


* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] They note that Herc is awfully quick to pursue new romance, considering it's only been a few days since his wife ''died''.

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* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] They note that Herc is awfully quick to pursue new romance, considering it's only been a few days since his wife ''died''.''died.''



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Queen Deianera strips behind a shoulder-high curtain, Crow and Tom Servo both find ways to peek around the curtain. Afterwards, without a trace of irony, Crow complains that the view was terrible, because "She wasn't even wearing underwear."

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Queen Deianera strips behind a shoulder-high curtain, Crow and Tom Servo both find ways to peek around the curtain. Afterwards, without a trace of irony, Crow complains that the view was terrible, because because, "She wasn't even wearing underwear."



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Kinga reveals that his germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Kinga Max reveals that his germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.
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Film Featured: ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules''.

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Film Featured: ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules''.
''Film/TheLovesOfHercules.''



* Jonah and the bots are binge-watching ''Series/{{Wings}}''.

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* Jonah and the bots are binge-watching ''Series/{{Wings}}''.
''Series/{{Wings}}.''



* Invention Exchange time. The bots invent the Fried Turkey Dunk Tank, which combines a carnival dunk tank with a turkey frier. Kinga invents the Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair--but Max ruins the prototype when he tries to disinfect it.

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* Invention Exchange time. The bots invent the Fried Turkey Dunk Tank, which combines a carnival dunk tank with a turkey frier. fryer. Kinga invents the Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair--but Chair, but Max ruins the prototype when he tries to disinfect it.



* Jonah and the bots pretend to be Deianera's serving girls... and then Jonah's new robot buddy M. Waverly arrives, dressed as a Greek soldier. The other bots do ''not'' appreciate Jonah's attempt to add a new face to the cast.

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* Jonah and the bots pretend to be Deianera's serving girls... and then Jonah's new robot buddy M. Waverly arrives, dressed as a Greek soldier. The other bots do ''not'' appreciate Jonah's attempt to add a new face to the cast.

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* Jonah and the bots pretend to be Deainera's serving girls... and then Jonah's new robot buddy M. Waverly arrives, dressed as a Greek soldier. The other bots do ''not'' appreciate Jonah's attempt to add a new face to the cast.

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* Jonah and the bots pretend to be Deainera's Deianera's serving girls... and then Jonah's new robot buddy M. Waverly arrives, dressed as a Greek soldier. The other bots do ''not'' appreciate Jonah's attempt to add a new face to the cast.




-->''[[TheStinger The hydra lightly smacks Hercules with its wing and he falls to the ground with exaggerated spins.]]''

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* LetsMeetTheMeat: Discussed briefly in the invention exchange; Jonah is worried that seeing a turkey carcass on a dunk tank platform is an unsettling degree of anthropomorphism, "like when they have a barbecue restaurant sign, and it has a happy pig on it?" Servo and Crow playing the turkey and trying to goad him into "killing" it just weirds him out all the more.

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* LetsMeetTheMeat: Discussed briefly in the invention exchange; Jonah is worried that seeing a turkey carcass on a dunk tank platform is an unsettling degree of anthropomorphism, "like when they have a barbecue restaurant sign, and it has a happy pig on it?" Servo and Crow playing try to encourage Jonah by making him imagine that the turkey and trying to goad him into "killing" it is insulting him. That just weirds him out all further and makes him ''more'' reluctant to "kill" the more.turkey.

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Film Featured: ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules''

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[[caption-width-right:350:"A Greco-Romantic comedy!"]]

->'''Kinga Forrester:''' Your experiment is a pecs-and-princesses epic starring Jayne Mansfield, Jayne Mansfield's husband, and the rest of Jayne Mansfield.\\
'''TV's Son of TV's Frank:''' It stinks like feta cheese!

Film Featured: ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules''
''Film/TheLovesOfHercules''.

!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Jonah and the bots are binge-watching ''Series/{{Wings}}''.

[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Invention Exchange time. The bots invent the Fried Turkey Dunk Tank, which combines a carnival dunk tank with a turkey frier. Kinga invents the Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair--but Max ruins the prototype when he tries to disinfect it.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Inspired by the movie's Trial By Axe Throwing, the bots tie Jonah to a wall and throw things at him to determine his guilt for various minor annoyances.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Tom Servo and Crow argue over who the real monsters are: the hydras, or the adventurers who kill them?

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Jonah and the bots pretend to be Deainera's serving girls... and then Jonah's new robot buddy M. Waverly arrives, dressed as a Greek soldier. The other bots do ''not'' appreciate Jonah's attempt to add a new face to the cast.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* An impromptu angelic choir breaks out.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jonah notes that if this were a modern film, the smoke effects in one scene would be CGI, but by doing the scene with ''real'' smoke... the end result is still disappointing.
* CallBack: [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E01WarriorOfTheLostWorld "Any fruit to declare?"]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Queen Deianera strips behind a shoulder-high curtain, Tom Servo hovers up to peek over the curtain. Afterwards, without a trace of irony, Servo tells the others that there wasn't anything to see, because "She wasn't even wearing underwear."
* CousinOliver / TheScrappy: In-universe, "Waverly", a new robot that interrupts a host segment to crack stale jokes and promptly gets taken apart by the Bots out of annoyance.

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-->'''Servo:''' ''(as Herc, singing joyfully)'' I miss my dead wife!
* BaitAndSwitch: Jonah notes BaitAndSwitch:
-->'''Jonah:''' See
that if pink smoke? Nowadays, all this were a modern film, the smoke effects in one scene would just be done in CGI, but by doing which I feel is cold and sterile.\\
'''Crow:''' Yeah, you don't get
the scene with ''real'' smoke... the end result is still disappointing.
warmth of these shots of incompetent people trying their very hardest.\\
'''Jonah:''' Right.
* CallBack: CallBack:
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[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E01WarriorOfTheLostWorld "Any fruit to declare?"]]
** [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E20SpaceMutiny "Calgon, take me away!"]]
* CherubicChoir: Jonah and the bots sing a triumphant but wordless theme over the last scene. Then it persists into the last host segment, and the Mads join in from Moon 13.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Queen Deianera strips behind a shoulder-high curtain, Crow and Tom Servo hovers up both find ways to peek over around the curtain. Afterwards, without a trace of irony, Servo tells the others Crow complains that there wasn't anything to see, the view was terrible, because "She wasn't even wearing underwear."
* ContinuityNod:
** In the first host segment, Jonah eats RAM Chips brand potato chips, a nod to the ''very'' early seasons, when Joel would feed the bots literal RAM chips as their reward for sharing one good thing and one bad thing about the movie they just watched.
** Later, Jonah is eating a box of Grown Man Bowl Cuts cereal, from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E02CryWilderness Cry Wilderness]]''.
* CousinOliver / TheScrappy: In-universe, "Waverly", "M. Waverly", a new robot that interrupts a host segment to crack stale jokes jokes. Crow and promptly gets taken apart by Tom Servo take an immediate dislike to him, and smash him to pieces just off-camera.
-->'''Servo:''' This isn't some sitcom that needs a new kid when
the Bots out of annoyance.old kid grows up! You can't Raven-Symoné us!



* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Licos is set up as the main villain throughout most of the movie, being the one responsible for the death of Hercules' wife and scheming to take over the kingdom from Deianera. But rather than face off against the protagonist, he is instead killed off by a random sasquatch while hiding in a cave from Hercules, apparently referenced only once before early in the movie as a savage man, and serves as the final opponent for Hercules.

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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Licos is set up as the main villain throughout most of the movie, being the one responsible for the death of When Hercules' wife and scheming to take over the kingdom from Deianera. But rather than face off against the protagonist, he is instead killed off by a random sasquatch while hiding in a cave from Hercules, apparently referenced only once before early in the movie as a savage man, and serves as the final opponent for Hercules. turns out to be a barely-foreshadowed Bigfoot-looking monster, rather than Licos, Jonah quips, "I must have fallen asleep in Greek mythology the day they talked about Sasquatch."
* HollywoodTactics: As Hercules attacks the hydra: "Attacking from the side is too safe. I'll go to the front, where the mouths are!"
* IResembleThatRemark:
-->'''Servo:''' For the crime of poorly impersonating Music/TomJones, even when we beg you to stop...\\
'''Jonah:''' Oh, come on, is it that ''[sings]'' unusual to want to talk like Tom Jones?\\
'''Crow and Servo:''' Guilty!



* {{Mondegreen}}: Jonah mishears "Themis" as "tennis", and guesses that the Trial of Themis must be Wimbledon.
* MortonsFork:
-->'''Crow:''' If something hits you, you're guilty. If it doesn't hit you, you're still probably guilty.



* NeverMyFault: As Hercules prepares to free Deianera via KnifeThrowingAct, he declares that the gods will guide his throws.
-->'''Hercules:''' If they're righteous gods, I must succeed.\\
'''Servo:''' ''(as Herc)'' So if I kill her, it's not my fault.



* OwMyBodyPart: "Oh, my stomach-back!"
* PropRecycling: [[invoked]] Crow pretends to be a merchant selling brass wares: "We've got that one fruit bowl that's in every scene!"



-->'''Servo:''' So, these two are married in real life, and this is how they kiss?\\
'''Crow:''' She's laying eggs inside of him right now.



* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Jonah and the bots mock the Hydra model for being so stiff and immobile, specifically noting the character who had to ''crawl underneath its claws'' before it could "attack" him.

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* SkywardScream: Max's reaction upon realizing that he killed the moth larvae and ruined Kinga's invention.
-->'''Max:''' Nooooo! Noooooo! What have I done?! Whyyyyyyy?
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Herc lifts a huge wooden wheel over his head. Crow quips, "Uh, Herc, you know you can just roll that, right?"
* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Jonah and the bots mock the Hydra model for being so stiff and immobile, specifically noting the character who had when Herc has to ''crawl underneath its claws'' before it could can "attack" him.him.
* TakeThat: "It's like a Thomas Kincaid painting--horrible!"
* ThrowingTheFight: After Herc "kills" a rampaging bull:
-->'''Jonah:''' ''(as Herc, to the bull)'' Good job, Elmer. She bought it. We'll split the money later.




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* WithCatlikeTread: "Hey, guys, this is a sneak attack. Maybe cool it with the singing, guys."
* WorstAid: "Uh, maybe call a doctor. I don't think rubbing water on his forehead is going to do anything to close the gaping chest wound."
* WorstWhateverEver: After one of the tree-men in the Forest of Death kills Hippolyta, Crow calls it, "Worst Burning Man, ever."
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Licos is set up as the main villain throughout most of the movie, being the one responsible for the death of Hercules' wife and scheming to take over the kingdom from Deianera. But rather than face off against the protagonist, he is instead killed off by a random sasquatch while hiding in a cave from Hercules, which was never set up or referenced before and serves as the final opponent for Hercules.

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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Licos is set up as the main villain throughout most of the movie, being the one responsible for the death of Hercules' wife and scheming to take over the kingdom from Deianera. But rather than face off against the protagonist, he is instead killed off by a random sasquatch while hiding in a cave from Hercules, which was never set up or apparently referenced only once before early in the movie as a savage man, and serves as the final opponent for Hercules.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Licos is set up as the main villain throughout most of the movie, being the one responsible for the death of Hercules' wife and scheming to take over the kingdom from Deianera. But rather than face off against the protagonist, he is instead killed off by a random sasquatch while hiding in a cave from Hercules, which was never set up or referenced before and serves as the final opponent for Hercules.
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'''Crow:''' He's gonna bounce straight off you!

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'''Crow:''' He's gonna bounce straight off you!you!\\
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* GagBoobs: Jayne Mansfield being... well, Jayne Mansfield, it's only natural that this gets brought up a couple of times.
-->''(Deianira screams as a wild bull charges at her)''\\
'''Crow:''' He's gonna bounce straight off you!
'''Servo:''' Russ Meyer presents Ferdinand the Bull as you've never seen him!
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-->''[[TheStinger The hydra lightly smacks Hercules with its wing and he falls to the ground with exaggerated spins.]]''
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Kinga reveals that his germaphobe attitude killed their Mexican Jumping Bean Bag Chair, he realizes what he's done in cries out in despair. Kinga tells him to just throw it away.
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* CallBack: [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E01WarriorOfTheLostWorld "Any fruit to declare?"]]
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* ShoutOut:
** "This is for [[Literature/TheHungerGames District 12]]!"
** "Look, it's the [[Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle Edema Ruh]]." (Then again, what do you expect when Rothfuss is in the writer's room?)
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* LoudOfWar: Jonah and the Bots' angelic chorus continues after the end of the film, and the Mads and Skeleton Crew try to outdo them in the final scene.

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* KnifeThrowingAct: Deianera's trial by ordeal consists of tying her to a wall and seeing if Hercules can cut the ropes with a set of throwing axes without hurting her. Leading the robots to call it a trial by carnie trick.



* TrialByOrdeal: Which the bots riff is more like a trial by carnie stunt, as the "trial" is to see if he can cut Deianera free from a wall using a set of throwing axes.
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* TrialByOrdeal: Which the bots riff is more like a trial by carnie stunt, as the "trial" is to see if he can cut Deianera free from a wall using a set of throwing axes.
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* RunningGag:
** Hercules has tiny nipples.
** Whenever a character in the film commands another to "Speak!", Jonah and the bots respond in unison with ''"Arf!"''
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Film Featured: ''Film/The Loves of Hercules''

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* ObviousStuntDouble: They point out Jayne Mansfield's clearly male stunt double when the queen is bucked off her horse.
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* AdaptationalWimp: There's quite a few riffs about how this Hercules mostly just seems like a reasonably buff guy rather than an inhumanly strong demigod. Making it weirder is that Mr. Universe winner Mickey Hargitay is likely one of the most genuinely strong people to play the role.
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* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] They note that Herc is awfully quick to pursue new romance, considering it's only been a few days since his wife ''died''.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jonah notes that if this were a modern film, the smoke effects in one scene would be CGI, but by doing the scene with ''real'' smoke... the end result is still disappointing.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Queen Deianera strips behind a shoulder-high curtain, Tom Servo hovers up to peek over the curtain. Afterwards, without a trace of irony, Servo tells the others that there wasn't anything to see, because "She wasn't even wearing underwear."



* VisualGag: Servo hovers over to get a good, close look at Herc's mighty chest. Herc accidentally swats him away.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Jonah and the bots mock the Hydra model for being so stiff and immobile, specifically noting the character who had to ''crawl underneath its claws'' before it could "attack" him.
* VisualGag: Servo hovers over to get a good, close look at Herc's mighty chest. Herc accidentally swats him away.away.

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* RealLifeRelative: It's noted that Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay are surprisingly awkward kissers considering they were actually married at the time. [[note]]This was the second of four films they made together.[[/note]]
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Film Featured: ''The Loves of Hercules''

!!Tropes featured in the episode:

* CousinOliver / TheScrappy: In-universe, "Waverly", a new robot that interrupts a host segment to crack stale jokes and promptly gets taken apart by the Bots out of annoyance.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: Discussed briefly in the invention exchange; Jonah is worried that seeing a turkey carcass on a dunk tank platform is an unsettling degree of anthropomorphism, "like when they have a barbecue restaurant sign, and it has a happy pig on it?" Servo and Crow playing the turkey and trying to goad him into "killing" it just weirds him out all the more.
* VisualGag: Servo hovers over to get a good, close look at Herc's mighty chest. Herc accidentally swats him away.

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